Tire.



W. H. NANCE.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1914.

LMZZGWO Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

W. H- NBNCC' a citizen of the Uni-ted States, residingat STATES In orro.

WILLIAM H. NANCE, OF OTTAWA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO E. PEM BER, 0F

' OTTAWA, KANSAS.

TIRE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. NANCE;

Ottawa, in the county of Franklin and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tires, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in tires; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character having novel and improved means whereby a cushion tire is afforded which is free of the disadvantages of the ordinary inflatable tire.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts whereby certainimportant advantages are attained and the device'is rendered simpler, less expen sive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novelfeatures of the invention 'will be carefully defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein v Figure 1 is a view in Side elevation of a wheel having applied thereto a tire constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a frag-- mentary longitudinal sectional view taken through the tire as herein included.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes an outer spirally coiled spring adapted to be arranged circumferentially of a wheel felly or ,rini,as indicated at 2, said felly having a periphery thereof concaved, as indicated at 3 in .the accompanying drawings, to provide a seat for the convolutions of the spring 1 and such spring is suitably secured to the felly or rim in any manner desired or preferably by bolts, as at A; Arranged Within the con- .volutions of the spring 1 is a second spirally coiled spring 5 cooperating with the spring 1 to assure the desired peripheral cushion Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Application filed January 30, 1914. Serial No. 815,488.

for the wheel and, as herein set forth, I find it of advantage to inclose the second or inner spring 5 within a casing 6 of leather or other requisite flexible material, which casing 6 serves to afford a cushion between the convolutions of the springs and also affords a means whereby dirt is prevented from caking or choking the springs in such a manner as to prevent the same from properly performing their required functions, It is to be observed that the bolts 4 are disposed transversely of the felly 2 and are directed through the free marginal portions thereof and tend to force, as indicated at 8, the casing 6 between the convolutions of the inner spring 5 whereby it will be perceived convolutions of the spring 1 afford a con-.

venient means whereby slipping or skidding of the vehicle is effectively prevented.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a tire constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is par-' ticularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and applied in operative position and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification Without material departure from the principlesand spirit thereof and for this reasonI do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

Ijclaimz.

In combination with a wheel felly having the periphery thereof concaved, a tire positioned within the concave of the rim and cornprising an outer coil spring and an inner In testimony whereof I hereunto z fiix my 0011 sprlng, a flexible casing lnclosing the slgnature in the presence of two witnesses.

inner spring and bolts directed through the I vfelly in interlocking engagement with the WILLIAM NANCE," 5 convolutions of the outer spring and forc- Witnesses: ing the casing between the convolutions of WVM. B. WALKER,

theinner spring. J. F. MIDDLETON. 

